EFFICIENCY DECORATION

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This example awarded to William Victor Hart. Major.

5th Northamptonshire Regiment.

From 1930 recipients in Britain were allowed to continue using the letters TD after their names, but in the Commonwealth the letters ED were used instead. The 20 years qualification was reduced to 12 years in 1949 , bars for each additional 6 years being added.  In 1969 the British bar was changed to T & AVR , on the establishment of the Territorial and Army Volunteer Reserve, the ribbon being then altered to half green, half blue, with a central yellow stripe. In 1982 the title of Territorial Army was resumed, so the inscription on the bar reverted to TERRITORIAL but the blue, yellow and green ribbon was retained.

DESCRIPTION

An oval sketital medal  in silver and silver-gilt with the crowned monogram in an oak wreath, the ring for suspension being fitted to the top of the crown. It differs from previous decorations in having a suspender bar denoting the area of service : Territorial (UK) , India, Canada, Fiji or other overseas country inscribed as appropriate - the previous ribbon was retained.
OBVERSE

As described.

REVERSE

None

MOUNTING

RIBBON

38mm Plain Dark Green with a central Yellow stripe.

NAMING

No

DATE

17 October 1930 1930.

ISSUED

METAL

Silver and silver-gilt

SIZE

Height 54mm Max Width 37mm

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